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preference Definition

pref·er·ence (pref′ər əns)

noun

  1. a preferring or being preferred; greater liking
  2. the right, power, or opportunity of prior choice or claim
  3. something preferred; one's first choice
    1. a giving of priority or advantage to one person, country, etc. over others, as in payment of debts or granting of credit
    2. such priority or advantage

Etymology: MFr préférence < ML praeferentia < L praeferens, prp. of praeferre, to prefer

preference Synonyms

preference

n.

  1. Something preferred

    choice, favorite, first choice, decision; see choice 3.

  2. Inclination

    partiality, liking, inclination, bent; see inclination 1. See syn. study at choice.

preference Law Definition

n

A debtor’s transferring of property to a creditor in advance of filing a bankruptcy petition, so that the creditor receives more than would have been received under bankruptcy, to the detriment of other creditors.

preference Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • express: You do not have to express a preference for a particular boarding house.
  • indicate: You may indicate a preference for a particular week or weeks.
  • elicit: Methodology Stated preference techniques comprising a series of health-related choices were used to elicit the time preferences of a random sample of adults.
  • override: This will override the system preferences for your Mailbox only.

Adjective modifier

  • sexual: In my previous review I hinted at his sexual preference, which still does well here to convince me of the fact.
  • personal: We are all going to have our personal preferences about what sound is ideal in our head.
  • parental: The impact of parental preference on Kingsway High School was explained.
  • constitutional: Again, however, denominational affiliation makes little difference to matters of national identity and constitutional preference.
  • marked: The original six stops show a marked preference for unison color, including three open metal stops at 8ft.
  • dietary: However, studies of human dietary preferences reveal up to one-half of the population may not like to eat fish.

Modifies a noun

  • pane: You'll find your short user name by opening System Preferences and selecting the Users Preference pane.
  • share: In return for this they were granted the redeemable preference shares which seems only fair considering the amount invested to date by Maurice.
  • vote: In the last Mayoral contest Darren Johnson polled 13 % of second preference votes.
  • reversal: The study finds a low level of intransitivity together with little evidence of preference reversals.
  • dividend: Ordinary and Preference dividends are normally paid at the beginning of January and the beginning of July each year.

Noun used with modifier

  • codon: ACKNOWLEDGMENT [ Previous | Top | Next ] The codon preference statistic comes from Gribskov et al.
  • consumer: Closer matching of consumer preferences to production will give a decisive advantage to countries able to deliver.
  • browser: You can also switch off the stylesheet in your browser preferences to view a simple version of the site.
  • viewing: To do this, choose the appropriate time zone at " Time zone " in your viewing preferences.
  • habitat: His knowledge of the birds, both their calls and habitat preferences, paid off handsomely.